Craig Cohen

YouTube video by Houston Public Media Houston Matters Full Episode - September 8, 2025

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How to get to Sesame Street? Kids can now head to Netflix as well as PBS The children's series has found a new streaming home — Netflix, PBS stations and PBS KIDS will air new episodes on the same day. And Netflix will also run 90 hours from the Sesame Street library.

Clearing up: Sesame Street IS still on your local PBS station for free. AND for the first time in years, new episodes will air the same day they ALSO premiere on Netflix and PBS Kids.

Free, over the air, & available to everyone, right away. Like it always used to be.

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We get them too. Very spammy. It's a lot to filter through.

a man wearing a jacket with the hashtag #amancalledotto on it Alt: Actor Tom Hanks waving in a promotional image from the film A Man Called Otto. He'll be Craig Cohen's guest on Houston Matters, Monday morning at 9 on Houston Public Media News 88.7 FM.

On Monday's Houston Matters --- actor Tom Hanks!

He's headed to town for the SpaceCenter Houston debut of his film The Moonwalkers (he co-wrote and narrated it). We'll talk about space exploration w/ the Apollo 13 star & co-creator of From the Earth to the Moon. Tune in Mon at 9AM on News 88.7 FM!

Cool! Happy Valentine’s Day to you!

Houstonians share their favorite love songs for Valentine’s Day | Houston Public Media Louis Armstrong, Etta James, Tom Waits, Taylor Swift, and Elvis are among the submissions we hear in the latest Houston Matters Mixtape.

Your fellow Houstonians share some of their favorite love songs. Happy Valentine's Day!

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Constellation Energy buys Houston-based Calpine. Can they learn from one of the worst mergers ever? | Houston Public Media In interesting timing, Friday's announcement came on the silver anniversary of the disastrous AOL/Time Warner merger.

Why some mergers work and others....don't.

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The outsized role ‘The Muppet Movie’ played in Craig Cohen’s life | Houston Public Media Houston Matters host Craig Cohen is presenting the 1979 classic this weekend in the latest installment of the Movies Houstonians Love series at the MFAH.

The Museum of Fine Arts Houston asked me to pick the next film in its long-running Movies Houstonians Love series. Turned out to be an easy decision:

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How and why health insurance claims are denied and appealed | Houston Public Media With the outrage against the health care system many Americans have shared since the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, Houston Matters discusses how the health insurance claims process wo...

We dug into what motivates the complicated dance of health insurance claims, denials, and appeals - worth a listen.

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A win, a loss, and a big trade: Tracking a wild 72 hours in Houston sports | Houston Public Media The Texans clinch the AFC South, the Rockets lose an NBA Cup semifinal, and the Astros trade Kyle Tucker to the Cubs -- all since Friday.

A lot can happen in Houston sports in one weekend...

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Lina Hidalgo pushes back on mental health comments from John Whitmire | Houston Public Media Last week, in an interview with the Houston Chronicle, Whitmire claimed to know that Hidalgo was not planning to run for county judge again, suggesting it may be related to her mental health.

Just the latest round in a year of weird interactions between the chief executives of the city of Houston and Harris County...

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The Bigger Picture: How ‘Heretic’ interrogates faith and cynicism | Houston Public Media We consider what a new horror/thriller film has to say about religion.

Heretic is still showing in theaters. I'm not typically a horror fan, but this was not, to me, a typical horror film. The first hour, especially, was absolutely fascinating. Hugh Grant's character displays chilling charm.

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The Full Menu: Houston’s best new restaurants of 2024 | Houston Public Media From a can't-miss grilled shrimp dish to the best wings in the city, food writers discuss their favorite dishes from Houston restaurants that opened in 2024.

ICYMI: Our Full Menu foodies highlight their favorite new restaurants that opened in the Houston area in 2024. What are yours?

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How two podcast hosts turned a sheepish love of ‘Star Trek’ into a career | Houston Public Media Ben Harrison and Adam Pranica of the comedy podcast "The Greatest Generation" talk about their show, ahead of this weekend's Comicpalooza.

ICYMI: Last week, we replayed a great conversation with @benjaminahr.bsky.social and his @greatesttrek.bsky.social co-host Adam Pranica about their Star Trek podcasts. They're great shows, worth checking out, even for very casual Trek fans.

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Heckuva skyline photo Matt.

At the recent rate of position player injuries, they might NEED him to DH!

Anyway, I’m here for it. Go out having fun, I say.

Once again, Rosh Hashanah, the "head of the year," is upon us. According to the Jewish calendar, starting tonight, it becomes the year 5784.

You know I'm still going to write 5783 on all my checks.
#annualjoke #stillfunny #thanksletterman #shanatovah #whatsacheck

Might as well face it, your addicted to fudge.

Addressing housing insecurity by creating art based on the homes of who those face eviction | Housto... Houstonian Holland Martin shares her story of facing eviction and artist Jody Wood talks about her project, Not For Sale Real Estate, which is based on — and benefits — people in such a plight.

Here's a fascinating conversation my colleague Michael Hagerty did for today's @houstonmatters.bsky.social about an art project to support Houstonians facing eviction.

How collecting vintage toys went from big fun to big business | Houston Public Media Juan Salazar of Houston's Super Happy Incredible Toys talks about how the market for vintage toys first developed, what makes certain vintage toys popular for collecting, and the role Star Wars toys p...

ICYMI: Super Happy Incredible Toys' Juan Salazar brought some vintage toys to our studio this week.

Why and how Hispanics are growing in economic influence across Greater Houston | Houston Public Medi... A summit Wednesday from the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce lays out the population's rising economic impact.

Data revealed Wednesday at a Houston area expo and summit highlights the growing economic power and influence of Hispanics across the Bayou City. We discuss with Dr. Laura Murillo from the Houston Hispanic Chamber of Commerce...

Spider-Man debuted 61 years ago and adaptations of comic books have never been more popular | Housto... We discuss the rise of comic book adaptations with Richard Evans of Bedrock City Comics and Houston-area film critic Joe Leydon.

According to Marvel, Spider-Man made his debut in Marvel Comics on this date in 1962. Today, he's never been more popular, as we discussed with Houston area film critic Joe Leydon, and Bedrock City Comics' Richard Evans back in 2018.

An image of the Perseid meteor shower from Space.com.

Attention Blue Sky! We want your astronomy questions ahead of Thursday's Houston Matters! What would you like Dr. Carolyn Sumners from the Houston Museum of Natural Science answer about what's up there? (Including the Perseid meteor shower, which we should get a good look at this weekend).

Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman Actor, Dies at 70 After Private Bout of Cancer Paul Reubens, the actor best known for portraying Pee-wee Herman, died Sunday night after a private bout of cancer. He was 70.

Paul Reubens, the actor who portrayed Pee-wee Herman, has died. I assume wreaths and tributes are being placed right now in the basement at The Alamo. #IYKYK

The Bigger Picture – ‘Barbie’ and feminism in media | Houston Public Media Houston Matters considers Barbie and her cultural impact as explored in Greta Gerwig's new film.

Feminist icon, or sexist anachronism? A film to sell toys, or indict commercialism? A depiction of gender norms that’s progressive, or conservative?

Yes. Yes. And yes.

(Glad we cleared that up).

Blowing up the Enterprise apparently requires less security than a short video proposal from Carol Marcus.

Artist JooYoung Choi creates a fantasy world she calls ‘The Cosmic Womb’ | Houston Public Media The artist gives Houston Matters a tour of her work at Rice's Moody Center for the Arts, which depicts a fantasy world populated by colorful characters who reflect positivity and inclusion.

ICYMI: JooYoung Choi’s art is wild!

An interesting list of the 25 best NHL teams from the 2010s - none, though, quite matched up to the inexplicable 2019 Cup run by the St. Louis Blues. I honestly never thought I'd live to see that happen.

It's pretty likely.